Donnelly v. Town of Lincoln

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

Did the Appellate Division of the Worker’ Compensation Court err in failing to consider or award the payment of interest on benefits in a case in which the Appellate Division’s final decree was entered more than six years after the filing of the petition for benefits? We answer in the affirmative in this case that came before the Supreme Court on April 12, 1999, on a writ of certiorari. The petitioner, Susan Donnelly (Susan), on behalf of her deceased husband, filed a petition for workers’ compensation that was denied by the Workers’ Compensation Court. Her appeal…